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E. L. MARI] FASTENING FOR LEATHER 0B, RUBBE NO. 515,477.

GG. R TIPS 0N BILLIARD GUES.

Patented Feb. 27, 1894.

14%fn0ss es UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERI CI-l LUD/MARUGG, OF AUERBACH, GERMANY.

FASTENING FOR LEATHER OR RUBBER TIPS ON BlLLlARD-CUES.

SPEMFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,477, dated February 27, 1894.

Application filed October 25, 1893. Serial No. 489,119. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concerm Be it known that I, Enron LUDWIG MA- RUGG, a citizen of Switzerland, and a residentof "Auerbach, in the Vogtlandt, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire, have invented a certain new and Improved Fastening for Leather or Rubber Tips on Billiard-Cues, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device for afifixing the rubber or leather tips to billiard cues in such manner that the same may be easily and conveniently detached when worn, while at the same time an unintentional detachment of the same, and the inconvenience caused by having to mend the cues are eifectually avoided.

The device consists of a cap attached to the end of the one and having a lower external thread onto which a sleeve is screwed, said sleeve carrying in its upward end the rubber, leather or combined rubber and leather tip. The cap is further provided with a spring pin adapted to engage in a suitable orifice in the sleeve when the latter has been screwed into position and thus securely lock the same. And in order to render my present specification more easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a vertical section at the top of a one with the sleeve removed; Fig. 2 a similar section of the sleeve and tip; Fig. 2 a part section of the sleeve, with a modified form of tip, and Fig. 3 a vertical section showing cap and sleeve in position on the cue, with the locking pin about to engage in the orifice of the sleeve.

The cap or ferrule b is fitted to the top a of the cue, and provided with an internal spring 0 soldered or otherwise attached to it, said spring 0 carrying at its upper end a pin projecting through the cap (Fig. l). The cap has further a lower external thread 1) onto which the internal thread of the sleeve 01 is screwed. The sleeve d has an upper internal thread I) out in the opposite direction to b and serving for the reception of the rubber or leather tip e which is hollowed out at its lower end. Said sleeve has further an internal circular groove d below the upper thread I) and also an orifice c in its side, into which the pin of the spring c engages.

In order to affix the ti p to the cue the sleeve d is passed over the cap I), the spring a being pressed back into a groove cut in the top of the cue (Fig. 1); the said sleeve is then screwed tightly down onto the cap I) so that the lower surface of the rubber or leather tip is compressed and flattened into the circular groove d. WVhen this has taken place the pin of the spring a will engage in the orifice c of the sleeve d, which has come into position before it, and thus the parts are locked firmly into position.

The tips may be entirely of leather (Fig. 2) or of leather and rubber (Fig. 2) or entirely of rubber (Fig. 3). In the first case the lower part c of the tip should be of a somewhat softer nature to allow of its being compressed into the groove 02'. If leather tips are employed the same may be held in position in the sleeve bymeans of screws ff (Fig. 2) inserted through the sleeve and penetrating the leather. It is obvious that on screwing the sleeve onto the cue the tip on contacting with the top of the cap will not tend to loosen, since the threads I) and b are right and left handed. Rubber tips are advantageous, since they require no chalking.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a cap affixed to the end of the one, said cap being provided with external thread and internal spring a with projecting pin, a sleeve 01 having lower internal thread to engage the thread of cap and upper internal reverse thread, a tip e secured in said upper thread and orifice c in the side of said sleeve substantially as described.

2. The combination of a cap affixed to the end of the one, said cap being provided with external thread and internal spring a with projecting pin, a sleeve d having lower internal thread and upper internal reverse thread and circular internal groove below same, a

rubber tip e seouredin said upper thread and orifice c for the purpose substantially as described.

3. The combination of a cap aflixed to the end of the one, said cap being provided with external thread and internal spring 0 with projecting pin, a sleeve d having lower internal thread and upper internal reverse thread and circular internal groove below same, a 

